Ban on sending workers to Japan to work in radioactive areas

Vietnamese trainees working in Japan. Photo: Dolab

Specifically, the Department of Overseas Labor Management requires labor dispatching companies to urgently contact and review with receiving unions to find out information about the incident. In case any trainees are sent to work in prohibited areas, the enterprises must report and coordinate with the Vietnam Labor Management Board in Japan to receive support to protect the trainees' legitimate rights and interests; promptly send officials to Japan to resolve the incident.

At the same time, the Department of Overseas Labor Management also requested enterprises to submit review reports to the Department before March 15, 2018. In addition, the Department of Overseas Labor Management also requested the Vietnam Labor Management Board in Japan to urgently coordinate with the Ministry of Justice, the Otit Organization for Foreign Technical Intern Training and work with the Japan Labor Federation, which is supporting trainees to file complaints about the case, to find out more information; request the Vietnam Labor Management Board in Japan to have a plan to support enterprises in resolving the case to protect the rights and legitimate interests of trainees. At the same time, regularly update information and report to the Department of Overseas Labor Management.

Previously, the Overseas Labor Management Department received information that a Vietnamese trainee had complained to Japanese authorities about being sent to work in a radioactive area in Fukushima Prefecture. This is an area contaminated with high levels of radiation after the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in 2011 and is currently under quarantine.